The Induction Coil

• Thomas B. Greenslade Jr ^[1]
  1. [1] Kenyon College

     Kenyon College

     Township of College, Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: The Physics Teacher, ISSN 0031-921X, Vol. 59, Nº. 9, 2021, págs. 689-691
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In an earlier article I argued that much of what used to be called “modern physics” stems from the intersection of two earlier technologies: high vacuum and high voltage. In this article I will discuss the induction coil, invented in the 1830s, reinvented in the second half of the 19th century, and still used today to produce the high voltages used to excite gaseous and high-vacuum discharge tubes.